A system and method for mission planning and flight automation for an unmanned aircraft comprising generating an aerial imagery map of a capture area; generating a flight plan based on criteria for capturing images used to create a model of a feature present in the images; comparing the generated aerial imagery map with the generated flight plan; determining whether there is a possible collision between an obstacle associated with the generated aerial imagery map and the unmanned aircraft along a flight path of the generated flight plan; and executing, based on the determination, the generated flight plan.
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2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor receives an aerial imagery data package of the capture area from a database, the aerial image data package being a pre-existing digital terrain model.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is a personal computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart telephone, a server or a cloud-based computing platform.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the generated flight plan is based on a field of view of a camera attached to the unmanned aircraft, a height of the feature to be captured, and a footprint of the feature to be captured.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor modifies the at least one flight path segment based on a buffer height associated with the at least one obstacle.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving an aerial imagery data package of the capture area from a database, the aerial image data package being a pre-existing digital terrain model.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is a personal computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smart telephone, a server or a cloud-based computing platform.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the generated flight plan is based on a field of view of a camera attached to the unmanned aircraft, a height of the feature to be captured, and a footprint of the feature to be captured.
17. The method of claim 11, further comprising modifying the at least one flight path segment based on a buffer height associated with the at least one obstacle.
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